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The USA has repatriated a detainee from its army jail at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to Tunisia, the Pentagon introduced Monday, the fourth detainee to be transferred this month.
Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi, 59, was once made up our minds to be eligible for switch after a “rigorous interagency assessment procedure,” america Division of Protection mentioned in a remark, greater than 22 years after he was once first delivered to the power.
Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin notified Congress about his intent to repatriate Yazidi to Tunisia in January 2024. He was once by no means charged with a criminal offense.
Rights teams say Yazidi, a Tunisian nationwide, were incarcerated at Guantanamo because the day it opened on January 11, 2002.
In keeping with a 2007 US army evaluation, Yazidi was once accused of being a member of the militant crew al Qaeda.
Alternatively, human rights teams have lengthy been important of the ones tests arguing they’ve incessantly confirmed unreliable.
Yazidi were cleared for switch since 2007, via each the George W Bush and Obama administrations, consistent with Human Rights First. However a deal for his free up was once by no means made, and Yazidi remained within the jail for greater than a decade after that call.
President Joe Biden made it an early objective of his management to near the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, often referred to as GTMO, however america made simplest marginal growth in transferring the prisoners held there during the last 4 years. The power held about 40 detainees at first of the Biden management.
At first opened in 2002, the power was once supposed to be a spot the place suspects within the battle on terror may well be interrogated. However prisoners were indefinitely detained, and as america battle on terror dragged on, the detention facility was a global image of US rights abuses within the post-9/11 technology.
As of Monday, 26 detainees stay at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon mentioned. In keeping with the Pentagon’s free up, 14 of the ones are eligible to be transferred out.
Previous this month, america transferred Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu, who was once detained since 2007 however by no means charged, to Kenya.
Moreover, two detainees had been repatriated to Malaysia. Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir bin Lep pled in charge to battle crimes for an associate of al Qaeda that performed assaults on Bali in 2002 and a 2003 assault at the J.W. Marriott lodge in Jakarta, america Division of Protection mentioned in a remark.
President Barack Obama additionally promised to close down Guantanamo when he campaigned for place of business, putting in place the place of business of army commissions and the Periodic Evaluation Board gadget all the way through his tenure, however he failed to near the jail all the way through his 8 years in place of business.
All over President-elect Donald Trump’s first time period in place of business, he signed an government order in January 2018 to stay the power open, reversing Obama’s coverage. Trump additionally raised the possibility of extra prisoners being held on the facility as a part of his determination.
